Liverpool's injury time issues laid bare as key stats explain major Arne Slot problem
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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCNeed to knowLiverpool conceded another injury-time goal on their way to a defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers to set a new Premier League record10:14, 04 Mar 2026Updated 10:15, 04 Mar 2026Liverpool suffered another injury time defeat in the Premier Leaguea(Image: Nick Potts/PA Wire)All the key stats you need to know about Liverpool's injury time struggles as Wolves defeat sets new record...Liverpool have now lost five Premier League games after 90th minute goals this campaign, the most ever by a team in a single season according to statisticians Opta.Andre's 94th minute strike for Wolves on Tuesday night joined goals for Manchester City's Erling Haaland, AFC Bournemouth's Amine Adli, Chelsea winger Estevao Willian and Eddie Nketiah for Crystal Palace in downing Liverpool in injury time.Nketiah's goal came back in September, when Liverpool thought they'd snatched a draw after Federico Chiesa's equaliser in the 87th minute. Nketiah netted ten minutes later to deal the Reds an early-season blow.Estevao, meanwhile, netted in the 96th minute of an October clash between Stamford Bridge in October.
What will worry Reds boss Arne Slot is that Liverpool's other three winners conceded in injury time have come in the space of just five weeks.Adli netted in a chaotic 3-2 win for Bournemouth on January 24, with Erling Haaland capped a frantic final 20 minutes in City's 2-1 victory at Anfied two weeks later.Of the five injury time winners they have conceded, two were inside the six-yard box, one was around three yards out, one came from outside the box and the final goal was a penalty.Of the four teams to have lost four games to 90th minute goals, all finished in the bottom half of the Premier League bar West Ham United in 2021-22, with Watford and Southampton in 19th and 20th position respectively in 2017-18 and 2024-25.The Reds conceded just two goals in the 90th minute and two in injury time last season en route to winning the Premier League title, with the two 90th minute goals leading to draws, rather than defeats.During Jurgen Klopp's time at Anfield, Liverpool won 18 games in injury time, losing only two matches due to goals in the 90th minute and beyond, the German famously calling his side 'mentality monsters'.Read the ECHO's verdict from Molineux as Ian Doyle reports on another low for the Reds.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page